1 Corinthians 11:1-9 ▼

1 Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.

2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to you.

3 I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

4 A man who wears a veil when praying or prophesying dishonors his Head;

5 but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

6 If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

7 For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

8 Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

9 For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.